Whispering City: Modern Rome and Its Histories

by Richard J.B. Bosworth

An accomplished Italianist looks beyond Rome's storied facades to offer insight into the many histories of one of the world's best-loved cities

In Civilization and Its Discontents, Sigmund Freud claimed that Rome must be comprehended as "not a human dwelling place but a mental entity," in which the palaces of the Caesars still stand alongside modern apartment buildings in layers of brick, mortar, and memory. "The observer...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300114710
• ISBN13: 9780300114713
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 358 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 9.4"